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GROWING UP AND STAYING SHARP

November 19, 2024 by David Gillaspie

Growing up is a decision. It’s a decision to be on time, show up ready to go, and inspire others by your example. Like writing a blog, lol. The biggest decision to make? Decide to stay sharp, in spite of having sons.

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DAMAGED MEN DON’T ASK FOR BAND-AIDS?

October 28, 2024 by David Gillaspie

Damaged men are all around, but you’d never know it. Why? Not because they tell you, because they don’t. In a show and tell world, they do the show part better than the tell part.

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GARAGE GOALS FOR THE NEAR FUTURE

October 26, 2024 by David Gillaspie

Garage goals come in two types: clean and messy. Take a mechanics garage for example. One is organized and tidy in a messy business; the other shows old parts stacked in corners and debris all around. Who do you want working on your car?

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CARE ENOUGH WHEN IT MATTERS, OR . . .

October 14, 2024 by David Gillaspie

Does anyone care enough? Yes? No? Depends? Ask someone who cares about everything, all the time, with every fiber in their soul, blah, blah, blah. They care, just ask them. How can anyone care so much about so many things? What’s the secret? Please continue:

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YOUNG MEN LEARNING TO VOTE

September 22, 2024 by David Gillaspie

Young men can do their own math on voting, but I’ll help: One man, one vote; one woman, one vote. You have one vote, bro, and it may not seem like much, but that’s what it is. One. Vote. Does it even matter enough to bother with? One vote may not seem like much, but […]

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FIRST FATHER’S DAY?

June 16, 2024 by David Gillaspie

If this is your first Father’s Day keep a few things in mind. It’s not a birthday, Christmas, or any day you’ve had before. Dad’s across the nation have had the very same day, but they all took did it differently. No dad is the same, after all.

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FRAGILE MEN CLUB? YOU’RE ALREADY SIGNED UP

April 24, 2024 by David Gillaspie

Fragile men had no place in Western American history stories about the savage frontier and cruel hardships. Nor in the early industrialization with mighty oil, steel, and railroad barons casting their deepening shadows across the land. Writers found other virtues to extoll other than common frailties. The western frontier needed stories of valor and sacrifice […]

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SAFE DATING OR SIDEWALK SERENADES

March 23, 2024 by David Gillaspie

Safe dating is the goal for everyone brave enough to step out of their comfort zone, get off the couch, and open the front door. Whether long term, short term, husband-wife, blind date, or one of those high school reunion prince and princess things you hear about, safety is paramount. But, if you’re anything like […]

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ROMANCE TRAIN CONDUCTOR: TICKETS PLEASE

October 29, 2023 by David Gillaspie

If the romance train has ever stopped at your station, and you got on, these are familiar tracks. However, if it hasn’t stopped, and you can’t tell the difference between the local, the express, or the out of town train, please continue. Have your tickets ready.

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BETTER MAN FOR WHO, FOR WHAT?

February 20, 2023 by David Gillaspie

If someone asks you to be a better man, not their Best Man, what do you say? What do you do? You could agree to make a better effort. Or you could let it go. Either way, you’ve got a problem. Then what?

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